Written Comments to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for consideration when compiling the List of Issues on the Second Periodic Report of Slovakia under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 4 April 2011

The report presents the findings of monitoring visits made to four psychiatric hospitals and four social care institutions in June 2010. It makes assessments according to international human rights law and standards, identifies problems in the implementation of these standards and presents specific legislative shortcomings that create limitations or provide an insufficient framework for practice.